Streaming Guide
The 77th NHK Asadora is Chiritotechin. Location includes Fukui prefecture. This renzoku is about Wada Kiyomi (referred to as Kiyomi-B), a girl brought up in Fukui who moves to Osaka in search of her soul. In Osaka, Kiyomi-B becomes enchanted with rakugo, a Japanese traditional form of comic storytelling, and pursues a career in rakugo. In the summer of 1982, Kiyomi-B and her family move to Obama of Fukui, her father's hometown. Kiyomi-B's grandmother and uncle welcome the family, but Shotaro the grandfather does not allow Masanori to take over the Wakasa lacquer chopsticks making. One day, Kiyomi-B listens to rakugo at Shotaro's factory and becomes fond of it. Shotaro and Kiyomi-B become close through rakugo.
Top Cast
Principal cast and the directors behind the production, as listed in the TMDb credits.
- Shihori Kanjiya as Wada Kiyomi B
- Megumi Sato as Wada Kiyomi A
- Yutaka Matsushige as Wada Masanori
- Sachie Hara as Ogata Natsuko
- Emi Wakui as Wada Itoko
- Munetaka Aoki as Tsurezuretei Soso
- Tsunehiko Watase as Tsurezuretei Sojaku
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